Feuervogel's meatball and bean pan

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g minced meat, mixed
• 80 g breadcrumbs
• 3 m.-sized eggs
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• marjoram
• Mustard
• 30 g clarified butter
• 600 g beans, green, fresh
• 500 g potatoes, waxy
• 60 g clarified butter
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• 4 large tomatoes
• 200 g mushrooms, fresh, alternatively from the can
• 50 g bacon or streaky bacon
• Salt and pepper, from the mill
• 50 ml vegetable stock
• savory

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour

something hearty for men

Wash the beans and trim the ends, removing any strings. Break the beans into bite-sized pieces and cook in boiling salted water until al dente, drain, and refresh in ice water, then set aside in a colander. Wash and peel the potatoes and cut into equal-sized pieces. Place in a bowl of cold water. Peel the onions and finely dice. Place the minced meat in a bowl and knead well with half of the diced onions, salt, pepper, mustard, marjoram, breadcrumbs, and the eggs. Cut the bacon into fine strips and then into cubes. Heat the clarified butter in a very large pan and fry the well-dried potato cubes in it. Heat the remaining clarified butter in a second pan and form small meatballs/frikadellen/meat patties from the minced meat mixture and fry on both sides in the hot clarified butter. When the potatoes have a nice light brown color, add the diced bacon and fry until crispy. Remove everything from the pan and keep warm in a bowl. Add the remaining diced onion to the remaining frying fat and fry with the fresh mushrooms (see below for canned mushrooms). Add the beans to the pan and season with savory, salt, and pepper, then pour in the stock. Simmer over moderate heat. Meanwhile, make a cross-shaped cut in the tomatoes and pour boiling water over them. Immediately remove from the water and refresh, then peel off the tomato skin. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the cores. Add the tomato quarters and mushrooms to the beans. Remove the meatballs from the pan and drain on kitchen paper. Mix the potatoes into the beans and season to taste. Place the meatballs on top of the beans and serve with a cold beer.